tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post5013013665329777539..comments2023-11-23T04:26:01.790-08:00Comments on Gone & Forgotten: QUARTER-BIN HEROES : L.I.F.E. BRIGADECalamity Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-5598929910536263462016-06-06T12:17:28.401-07:002016-06-06T12:17:28.401-07:00"I'm torn as to how to spread the good wo..."I'm torn as to how to spread the good word of LIFE Brigade. Thw copyright seems abandoned, Stormon has long since passed away, and I'm considering scanning these issues and making them available ... But it seems like an intrusion on the legacy of an unappreciated creator. Perhaps I need to find the inheritors or executors of his estate ..."<br /><br />Just out of interest, I googled Craig Stormon, and I was genuinely amazed to find that somebody who drew and wrote like that at the age of 35 actually had a subsequent career in comics published by other people, both as a penciller and a writer! I honestly thought from the examples of his work here and at Stupid Comics that he was slightly retarded, and no doubt disappeared from the comic-book scene once he ran out of money to self-publish hideous, poorly-written comics that nobody bought.<br /><br />Since quite a few other comics to which he contributed in some way are still on sale in digital editions, with whatever miniscule royalties they generate presumably going to Stormon's estate, and the comics you're proposing to post were published 24 years before Stormon's death, it seems to me that he had plenty of time to decide which of his intellectual properties to renew the copyright on, and he deliberately chose to abandon his extremely crude early work as worthless while retaining the rights to later books with more commercial value. So by default, you have the late Mr. Stormon's blessing to do what you like with these comics.<br /><br />I also suspect that the vast majority of people who claim to "appreciate" them are doing so ironically, and, like the witty fellow responsible for Stupid Comics, just want to have a cheap and bitter laugh at how ugly and inept the artwork is. Therefore I think the only real consideration is whether Stormon's family would consider your tribute sincere and appreciate the posthumous revival of interest in his work, or whether they'd rather not have renewed attention drawn to virtually forgotten comics Stormon himself appears to have disowned, which will be almost universally mocked, and which make it look as though their late relative had a mental age of 15.Count Otto Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915670684585417091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-32960303619102553372016-06-04T11:09:01.579-07:002016-06-04T11:09:01.579-07:00I assume Ray Gun Kid got shot in the shoulder one ...I assume Ray Gun Kid got shot in the shoulder one too many times. <br /><br />"Never again!"neofishboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629678962112182828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-62293160948425014972016-06-02T21:07:50.013-07:002016-06-02T21:07:50.013-07:00Not to hide anyone's light under a bushel, but...Not to hide anyone's light under a bushel, but coverage on that blog, or my blog, or both, doesn't exactly make it universally beloved.<br /><br />In faaaact, that the first evidence that came to your mind was it appearing on a site which reviews little known or absurd books kind of suggests the opposite, wouldn't you think?<br /><br />I do have to add, tho, that when I mentioned the book and shared a few scans on Twitter, more than a few folks -- including Zander Cannon -- mentioned having at least a passing but meaningful encounter with the book at one point or another.<br /><br />Anyway, I don't think I was trying to say that no one ever in the world before now had heard of the book, but rather that it's, at best, a cult comic deserving of a wider audience, with which hopefully folks who are familiar with it would agree.Calamity Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-47272027149716580742016-06-02T20:50:41.324-07:002016-06-02T20:50:41.324-07:00I think you might overestimate how unappreciated o...I think you might overestimate how unappreciated or unknown this property is, seeing how it was featured pretty early on the popular "Stupid Comics"-Website pretty early in their run: http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics47.htmlFire2khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17276144986750736203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-3482390460087063592016-06-01T15:19:36.615-07:002016-06-01T15:19:36.615-07:00I'm torn as to how to spread the good word of ...I'm torn as to how to spread the good word of LIFE Brigade. Thw copyright seems abandoned, Stormon has long since passed away, and I'm considering scanning these issues and making them available ... But it seems like an intrusion on the legacy of an unappreciated creator. Perhaps I need to find the inheritors or executors of his estate ...Calamity Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-64325402914383556442016-06-01T12:44:01.535-07:002016-06-01T12:44:01.535-07:00Wow, the artwork is both crude and slick at the sa...Wow, the artwork is both crude and slick at the same time. That's some really eye-catching pop culture madness there. I would love to see more.Joshua Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125034908130424940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-471634535822661872016-06-01T10:39:10.454-07:002016-06-01T10:39:10.454-07:00More "Quarter-Bin Heroes", please.More "Quarter-Bin Heroes", please.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828046503509705586noreply@blogger.com